Spray-on liquid glass world revolution

[walker 0]

Hi all

Here is a world revolution right around the corner. If you hold shares in cleaning products, Gore Tex and the like be prepared for a BIG jolt in the market.

Spray-on liquid glass is about to revolutionize almost everything

(PhysOrg.com) -- Spray-on liquid glass is transparent, non-toxic, and can protect virtually any surface against almost any damage from hazards such as water, UV radiation, dirt, heat, and bacterial infections. The coating is also flexible and breathable, which makes it suitable for use on an enormous array of products.

The liquid glass spray (technically termed “SiO2 ultra-thin layeringâ€) consists of almost pure silicon dioxide (silica, the normal compound in glass) extracted from quartz sand. Water or ethanol is added, depending on the type of surface to be coated. There are no additives, and the nano-scale glass coating bonds to the surface because of the quantum forces involved. According to the manufacturers, liquid glass has a long-lasting antibacterial effect because microbes landing on the surface cannot divide or replicate easily...

http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html

As Always follow the link for the full story

The product has been tested in hospitals and seriously reduces infection rates. It can be sprayed on clothes and makes them water proof. It helps protect plastics against UV. It is being used to protect plant seeds as it is breathable.

This really is a game changer. Take note it will be in DIY stores this year.

Military uses start with clothing but I dare say it will be used in a lot of other ways.

With its effect on the cleaning products market those currently working for them need to reconsider their future.

I found some video's of the product in testing. They waterproofed a lilypad leaf with it watch the honey being poured on it; it is freaky.

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Also checkout the windscreen that does not need wind screen wipers at the end of that video!

Apllication is with a cloth I see in the one where they put it on one side of a baking tray. It turns a bog standard backing tray into one as good as an expensive Teflon coated one.

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You can waterproof wood and pourous stone with it never mind fabric and it protects plastics from UV.

kind Regards walker

Edited March 11, 2010 by walker

[vilas 477]

wow, new technology always comes with something interesting

i remember scientific conference where we were shown technology with silver in cotton that protects from skin cancer

also they shown some technology to clean old monuments (historical) without touching them and without risk of destroying them/ scratching

and some more such like stuff

we were shown "hard to get dirt" clothes too

shame i was sleeping during this scientist meeting, but new technologies are really surprising

i hope it all will be cheaper

cause yet because of damn patents goretex winter jacket costs more than people earn monthly (in my country)

light parka from Gore is 800 PLN, snow-board jacket is 2000

only military clothes as EWCS are worn by me

but i am afraid how and can i wash my EWCS after year of wearing

i know i can't use softeners etc.

so such new miracles for "clean clothes" can be really interesting

Edited March 11, 2010 by vilas

[mr burns 132]

They waterproofed a lilypad leaf with it watch the honey being poured on it; it is freaky.

I thought it was the natural behaviour of this leaf´s surface.

They got the idea from it and reproduced it in biotechnical engineering - see lotus effect.

There´s sorts of porcelain on the market that has the effect. The crap abradant toilet bowl is there already! :eek:

Edited March 11, 2010 by Mr Burns

[walker 0]

I thought it was the natural behaviour of this leaf´s surface.

They got the idea from it and reproduced it in biotechnical engineering - see lotus effect.

There´s sorts of porcelain on the market that has the effect. The crap abradant toilet bowl is there already! :eek:

Hi Mr Burns

Yep your right, I did not know it was a named effect and even affected honey though.

Put that in new things I learned today :) Thanks for that.

Kind regards walker

Edited March 11, 2010 by walker

[riffleman 20]

Very intresting thing.

[Aeneas2020 10]

i'm so going to coat my floors in this stuff and then call the wife down stairs to see something on tv...

seriously though it looks like it could be amazing stuff.

[Rumsfield 1]

You said it is a "spray-on" applicant? I wonder what happens if you accidentally get spray on your skin, does it come off easily? What if you unintentionally inhale the vapors while spraying something, glass coated lungs would not be good. I guess you have to treat this stuff, the same way you treat spray-paint.

But otherwise it is an awesome product!

[walker 0]

Hi Rumsfield

From what I have seen so far the spray on version seems to be limited to the industrial environment, including farming.

The versions you see applied in the home all seem to be a wipe on technology.

The stuff, has been tested for several years and has won the Green Apple award. It is tested and approved food safe by the EU. According to PR it does not leave nanoparticles. Rather it coats stuff in a nano layer from a suspension in water or alcohol.

You actually eat this stuff all the time only in larger quantities it is sand after all SiO2 dear old silicon dioxide. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_dioxide there might be a risk of silicosis, bronchitis or very rare cases of cancer as in such cases with people sandblasting. I would suggest that like sandblasting this would be at very high exposure levels. Basicly apply usual industrial environment safety principles. Exposure to too much water would probably kill you quicker.

Silica in water has been found to reduce Dementia.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19064650

One thing I would be curious about is: would it have medical benefits to skin coated in it?

Kind Regards walker

Edited March 11, 2010 by walker

[Gen_Protection 10]

Strange but this immediately remind me of a very old German guy I met maybe 30 years ago. He told me about v bombs in wwII (cough he was Ex scientist, married to ex Concert Pianist, very interesting retired couple) being partly powered by Silicon and Ethanol?

The Silicon liquid at that time cost £400 per 5 litres. He gave me a small sample as gift, which he had "acquired" many years before, (i suspect at some considerable risk) for my kitchen cupboard drawer "runners". Very funny.... drawers nearly shoot across kitchen when opened, lasted for absolutely years with 1 application!

Er any particular piece of skin you have in mind to "accidently" spray it on? lol (my wife asked me to ask:) )

Gen

[walker 0]

Hi Gen_Protection

Skin is replacing it self all the time. I was considering its anti bacterial effectiveness in a variety of skin conditions and its UV protection in sun cream. I was wondering if it would affect mosquitoes and ticks.

I was not as you and your good lady would seem to suggest considering it as a long term lubricant for social occasions but we all know the one thing that sells.

Silicon and ethanol as a fuel sounds odd. Perhaps to produce a carrier base to form a paste for producing solid fuel rockets?

Kind Regards walker

Edited March 11, 2010 by walker

[Nazul 10]

First thing came to my mind was the toxic waste produced from manufacturing. I know it says its produced from silica but these industries always pollute the environment.

[walker 0]

First thing came to my mind was the toxic waste produced from manufacturing. I know it says its produced from silica but these industries always pollute the environment.

Hi Nazul

It would not have got a Green Apple Award if that was the case. They do a complete environmental audit as part of the award process.

It is after all just a form of sand suspended in a liquid carrier.

Kind Regards walker

Edited March 12, 2010 by walker

[Whiskey_Tango 10]

guess if you were wiping it one you would have to wash your hands pretty quick before it had a chance to form a layer on your fingertips.....interesting stuff, would love to cut and buff the car and put a coating of this on.....NO MORE WATER SPOTS

[Flash Thunder 10]

I cant wait for nanotechnology and manufacturing to fully take off, very exciting times are straight ahead.

Ready up.

[walker 0]

Hi all

Going on from what I said in my last post. They are essentially mimicking the process that corals do in order to create their hard coral exoskeleton. Note I am not saying the process is easy, we have been trying to understand how corals create glass for decades. I am guessing but I think they have achieved this by succeeding in understanding how it is done in nature.

Kind Regards walker

Edited March 12, 2010 by walker